Weiskittel-Roehle Burial Vault
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Weiskittel-Roehle Burial Vault | |
 Weiskittel-Roehle Burial Vault, March 2012 | |
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| Location | Section P, Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°16′45″N 76°40′47″W / 39.27917°N 76.67972°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1884 |
| Architect | A. Weiskittel & Son, Stove Foundry |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 76002185 |
| Added to NRHP | May 19, 1976 |
Weiskittel-Roehle Burial Vault is a burial vault located in Section P, Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, constructed in 1884. It is a rectangular structure that looks like stone but, unusually, it is almost entirely constructed of cast iron. It is built into the side of a hill, molded and painted to look like ashlar masonry.[1]
The Weiskittel family, some of whom are buried in the vault, ran a cast iron stove manufacturing company for 112 years, beginning in 1850.[1] By the 1925, it was the largest such company in Baltimore employing over 600 workers.[2] A family dispute in 1930 caused an acrimonious fork of the company along family lines, followed by a series of sudden deaths that disrupted the generational succession.[3][4][5][6] By 1962 both companies were dissolved or sold, and the last person to use the vault died in 1925.[7] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
